Shipping-box for umbrellas and canes.



S-H. ROBERTS & G. W. SUHAEFER. SHIPPING BOX 'FOR UMBRELLAS AND GANES.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 9, 1913.

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UNITED STATES P E OFFICE SAMUEL H. ROBERTS AND GEORGE W. SCI-IAEFER,

ASSIGN'OR T RICHARD W. ROBERTS, 0F BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.

SHIPPING-BOX FOR UMBRELLAS AND .CANES.

have inventeda new and 'lmproved Shipping-Box for Umbrellas and Canes,- of

which the following is a full, clear, and ex act description.

This invention relates 'to an improved shipping box for umbrellas and canes designed more especially to permit the/Shipping of umbrellas, canes and the like through the mails and by express and to prevent their breakage.

The invention has for a further object an improved box structure including an interfitting lining or reinforcing frame'carrying a plurality of partitions having openings therein varying in diameter for receiving and securely holding articles of the character named, said lining or frame serving as a reinforce for the box whereby breakage thereof is prevented during transit.

With the above and other objects in view, the invention resides more particularly in the peculiar combination and arrangement of parts which will be illustrated as a preferred embodiment in the accompanying drawings and described in the specification.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings forming a part of this specification, in which similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the views, and in which:

Figure 1 is a perspective view'of the box forming a part of the invention; Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the lining or frame showing the arrangement of the partitions and the manner of securing a pair of umbrellas therein; Fig. 3 is a vertical sectional view through the parts shown in FigsQl and 2 when in assembled position; Fig. f is a plan view of one of the par titions; Fig. 5 is a fragmentary vertical sectional view showing a modified manner of securing one of the partitions in position; and Fig. 6 is a vertical sectiona view on the line 66 of Fig. 5. i

In the illustrated embodiment of the invention, the numeral 10 indicates a box preferably constructed of cardboard, the same being considerably elongate and of rectan- Specification of Letters Patent. Application filed July 9, 1913.

Serial No. 778,072.

gula r cross 'section. The boxis relatively fiat in one direction but is of uniform width y and breadth throughout its length, the ends having integral side flaps 11 andsiinilar end flaps 12designed to overlap or overlie each other in the manner shown in Fig. 3

of the drawings, when the box is closed. The bottom is formed with similar flaps, as shown iirFig. f the drawings, thus reinforcing the bottom of the box. I l

Fitted within the box 10 is a, lining or frame 13, the samealso consisting ofasectionof cardboard bent in the form of a rectangular open frame designed to fit snugly within the box 10. The frame or lining 13 is provided withthe side portions 14, bottom 15 and top 16 which is'formed as'an extension of one side only, as shown" in Fig. 2. S ecured to the sides 14 oft-he frame orlining at suitably spaced points vertically thereof are a plurality of partitions or shelves 17 each having downwardly directed ends 18 pasted or glued to the inside surfaces of the sides 14:, and each further provided with one or a plurality of openings, but shown in the present instance as provided with a pair of openings 19 which are of circular form and which are located substantially diagonally opposite with respect to the partitions taken in plan, as is more clearly illustrated in Fig. 4.- of the drawings. 1 These openings are gradually reduced in size toward the bottom of the frame whereby umbrellas, canes or the like, indicated b the numeral 20, may be snugly fitted therein and securely held by friction, although this is not essential, especially in the case 'of canes. By providing thereinforced bottom for the box and frame the tips of the umbrellas are prevented from piercing the cardboard.

. When the umbrellas or other articles are in position, the handles'are preferably extended inopposite directions, as shown in Figs. 2 and 3 of the drawings, and secured to the top or cover 16, as by means of a section of-cord or tape 21 which is fastened to the bottom face of thetop or cover and is tied around the handles. When the umbrellas or otherrarticles are thus secured in positionthe lining or frame containing the same is placed in the box 10, and after the flaps 11 and 12 have been folded they are held down by means of a pair of cord Patented sept. 29, 1914..

on NEW roman. Y. SAID scHAEFER sections or tapes 22 which are secured to opposite sides of the box and which are tied togetherat the top as shown at 23.

As a further modified form of attaching means the partitions or shelves 17, as illustrated in Figs. 5 and 6 of the drawings, or

downturned ends 18 are each provided with a plurality, preferably a pair, of apertures .241. conforming with similar apertures in the sides of the frame or lining, and fasteners indicated in the form of paper fasteners 26 are passed through these openings from the outside and clenched in a manner more clearly shown in Fig. 6 of the drawings. The openings 24- and 25 may be provided before the fasteners are inserted, or

may be formed by punching the material 1 with the fasteners, as shall be found most desirable. Thus, it will be seen that a box of-the character described may be efliciently used for shipping umbrellas, canes and the 1 like to protect them from injury, while the reinforced bottom of the box and lining overcomes a difficulty which has proved very disadvantageous in shipping umbrellas and the like, by reason of the piercing of the packages by the tips of the umbrellas.

Having thus described our invention, what we claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is 1. A shipping 'boxof the class describedf com risin an elon ated rece atacle' closin 3 b 7 23 'means 'for'the ends of the receptacle, an

open frame fitted therein, partitions held between the sidesv of said frame and having depending portions secured thereto, said partitions having vertically alined openings for receiving articles to be held, a top for said, frame, cords carried by the top fori connecting articles held within the parti-' 'tions, and means for securing the frame in p the receptacle.

2. A shlpplng boX of the class descrlbed, comprising an elongated rectangular recep- Q vtacle, closing means for the ends of the receptacle, a rectangular frame fitted therein, a plurality of spaced parallel partitions held between the sides of said frame and having depending portions secured, thereto,

said partitions having vertically alined. openings for receiving the articles to be held, means to secure the articles to the. frame with the ends ofthe articles engaged with the ends of the frame, and means for detachab'ly holding saidframe in the receptacle.

3. A shipping boX for umbrellas and the j like, coin-prising an outer receptacle having end .fiaps forming reinforcing members tol prevent piercing of the ends of the umbrellas therethrough, a frame removably mounted in said receptacle, a plurality of spaced partitions held in said frame, said partitions each having diagonally opposite openings therethrough, the openings being disposed in alined series with respect to the length of the box and each series of openings gradually decreasing in size toward one end of the box, whereby the edge walls of the openings will frictionally engage and hold the umbrellas in the box, means for closing the ends of the frame, and means carried by the frame for anchoring the umbrellas.

4:. In a shipping box for umbrellas, an outer receptacle of elongated form, closures for the ends of said receptacle having a plurality of thicknesses of material, a plurality of spaced parallel partitions held in said receptacle and having depending portions for securing the same in position at their ends, said partitions having pairs of alined series of openings therethrough gradually decreasing in diameter to ard one end of the receptacle and adapted to receive umbrellas therein in spaced relation, the tapered formation of the umbrellas in connection with the coverings thereof frictionally engaging the edge portions of the openings to hold the umbrellas against lateral and longitudinal displacement while the end closures prevent penetration of the umbrellas therethrough, and means carried by the receptacle for positively holding one closure over the handle portions of the umbrellas.

5. A shipping device for umbrellas, comprising an elongated rectangular support, a plurality of spaced parallel partitions held between the sides of said support and having depending portions secured thereto, said partitions having each a pair of circular apertures diagonally disposed with respect to each other, the apertures in the partitions gradually and successively decreasing in size toward the bottom of the support for receiving the umbrellas and holding the same in position by binding contact of the covers thereof with the edge walls of the apertures, and means carried by the support for additionally holding the umbrellas from displacement.

In testimony whereof we have signed our names to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

SAMUEL H. ROBERTS. GEORGE SCHAEFER WVitnesses CHATTIN BRADWAY, PHILIP D. RoLLnAUs.

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Washington, D. G. 

